Crops & Food
We eat to live. Humans use approximately 11% of Earth’s land for the cultivation of crops for food, but also for clothing, medicine and biofuels. Globally, major crops include sugarcane, pumpkin, maize (corn), wheat, rice, cassava, soybeans, hay, potatoes and cotton.
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Genetics gives hope of species-specific pesticides, minimal collateral damage
Imagine a future in which we no longer use pesticides. Instead, we use weevilicides or rootwormicides, targeted with exquisite precision ...
Anti-GMO activists escalate attack on Golden Rice
Golden Rice (GR) is genetically engineered to contain increased levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A (also known as ...
GMOs matter most where climate change and population growth are challenges
The question of how we produce food, as the global population heads for nine billion in 2050, must be addressed ...
Hawaii: Time for the state legislature to weigh in on GMOs
Now that the 2014 legislative session has begun, Hawaii lawmakers are deciding whether the state should have a role in ...
Video: In search of the mystery glyphosate pathogen with Kevin Folta
Dr. Kevin M. Folta, from the University of Florida, discusses the case of Dr. Don M. Huber, and takes down ...
GMO resources and the science surrounding them
The GMO Skeptic-Forum has gathered a broad selection of popular websites, databases, and subreddits containing information on GMOs and the ...
New Hampshire: Why I voted to kill the GMO labeling bill
New Hampshire State Representative Tracy Emerick explains why he voted to kill his state's GMO labeling bill: What seemed the ...
Are organic farmers over-using pesticides?
If you think you don't need to wash organic food before you eat it, I think you need a sanity ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Organic food’s success driven by confusion about GM crops
U.S. sales of organic food and beverages soared from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010. Sales in ...
Pakistan draws biotech policy map
The Ministry of National Food Security in Islamabad has started process to formulate a ‘national biotechnology policy’, and was working ...
Genetically-modified purple tomatoes edges closer to market
The prospect of genetically modified purple tomatoes reaching the shelves has come a step closer. Their dark pigment is intended ...
Minnesota farmer on why it’s okay to feed your family GMOs
It may seem like “GMO free” label indicates the food is better than those without the label, but that can’t ...
Jackson County, Oregon GMO battle heats up
Some organic farmers have come together to oppose what they see as a growing threat from genetically modified crops contaminating ...
Deconstructing the debate over GM Arctic Apples
The Arctic Apple is not yet on the market. It's currently under approval in Canada and the US. If approved, ...
Four trends driving food labeling changes
What's likely to happen with four of the most common food labels -- natural, organic, country-of-origin, and GMO -- in ...
Fish oil without the fish
Fish oil, used as a health supplement and feed for fish, could soon come from a GM crop rather than ...
Florida oranges may need rethink on use of GMOs, neonicotinoids to survive
Oranges and orange juice in the U.S. are under threat from a lethal, incurable bacterial infection known as "citrus greening," ...
Nigeria: Drought-tolerant seedlings boost maize production
the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, has developed some drought-tolerant maize varieties that are capable of maturing early ...
China continues to block GM corn from U.S.
China is set to keep rejecting U.S. corn shipments containing an unapproved genetically modified strain at least until the end ...
Why does the debate on GMOs matter?
Nathanael Johnson's six-month "Panic-Free GMOs" series at Grist recently ended with a whimper -- claiming "none of it matters" -- ...
Preventing hunger: Biotechnology can only help
If African countries can’t plant genetically modified crops to produce more and healthier food, vulnerable populations will be at risk, ...
Junk food lobby brings bag of dirty tricks to New Hampshire GMO labeling fight
In secret documents that I uncovered in November, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (aka food industry lobbyists) laid out its five-point plan for opposing the ...
New test can reveal GMOs in food
The first comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food has been unveiled. As the abundance of genetically modified (GM) ...
Grain groups request Syngenta stop selling some GMO corn seeds
U.S. grain industry groups are urging Syngenta AG to stop selling new genetically engineered corn varieties that aren't approved in ...
GMO activists stage protest outside Greenpeace’s Brussels office
GMO activists launched a campaign to get EU approval for genetically engineered crops, staging a protest outside the Brussels office ...
GM crops could help to solve the problem of over-fishing
One of the thornier questions we face is how to feed a global population heading towards 10 billion and beyond ...
